"That……"

"You should write two 2000-word essays about your unrepentant apology for standing us up and your rudeness to Chihaya Aine-sama. You need them before the lunch break ends."

"Ah, but I haven't finished writing what I wrote for the teacher yet, I love Lu Yinyin..."<。 叁)∞4。 √4★'

4000 words.

"I'll write it right away."

Ignoring the barrage of messages from Wakaba Muku, Kusano Akira picked up his pen and began writing, striving to complete the task posted by Chihaya Aine before the lunch break ended.

"..."

"Just kidding. Go write your proper self-criticism."

Watching Kusano Akira writing furiously, Chihaya Aine pulled out the paper that Kusano Akira seemed to have written a lot on, and helplessly rubbed her forehead.

She was already used to Kusano Akira's abstract behavior; if they had just met, she might have been genuinely hurt by his words.

However, she had long since seen through Kusano Akira's abstract nature, and she was just going along with his wishes and fooling around with him.

She's not the kind of person who resorts to violence at the drop of a hat.

Now that she sees Kusano Akimasa obediently writing his self-criticism, she finds it hard to watch.

"But you write pretty fast, you must have written quite a bit already... Hmm? Why haven't you written a single word?"

Chihaya Aine thought she had misread the paper, so she flipped it over several times.

But no matter how you flip through it, you can only get a completely blank sheet of paper.

Chihaya Aine stared blankly at Kusano Akira.

"You, you weren't just pretending, were you? Did you know from the beginning that I wouldn't let you actually write it?"

奇◎—艺珋×÷◇··←八¤'搜<≈索,Un:“发现了。

Kusano Akira punched himself on the head.

"...I'd be an idiot to believe you."

Chihaya Aine slumped dejectedly onto her desk, listlessly muttering to herself.

Author's Note: I've managed to write a short chapter.

Volume 1: Chapter 29 (Twenty-Eight) Moral Blackmail

It's time after school

Because he hadn't brought his books, when the school bell rang and everyone else was still dawdling over packing their bags, Kusano Akira grabbed his keyboard and bag and ran straight to the school gate.

When he ran to the school gate, he saw that familiar emerald green color in his field of vision.

With her hands clasped in front of her and her schoolbag in hand, Ruoye Mutsu stood demurely at the front door. She saw Kusano Akira run up to her, but missed him by half a step, allowing him to stand beside her.

"Yo, good afternoon, Mu."

Kusano Akira saw that Wakaba Mutsu had given him her place, and without any hesitation, he stood next to her, facing the school gate, parallel to Wakaba Mutsu, waiting for Toyokawa Shoko to appear.

"Ah."

If Ye Mu nodded slightly, took a small step, and moved a little closer to Kusano Akira.

She secretly shifted her gaze to Kusano Akira, noticed something on his clothes, frowned, and quietly removed it.

"Mu, should we move to the side?"

Kusano Akira recalled the scene when Wakaba Mutsu came to Haneoka last time and received a lot of attention. Not wanting to be discovered by a group of people standing with Wakaba Mutsu, he immediately raised his objection to Wakaba Mutsu.

"Do not."

Wakaba Mutsumi shook his head, rejecting Kusano Akira's suggestion.

"It's right here, otherwise you won't be able to see Xiang later."

"That's true, then let's just stand here and not move."

Seeing that Wakaba Mutsu didn't want to leave, Kusano Akira could only shrug and accept the outcome.

In any case, the worst consequence would be that some busybodies would find out and spread rumors the next day such as "Shocking! Kusano Akira is actually a scumbag who cheats on three women at the same time."

Or perhaps they'll be discovered by the traffic light duo and then subjected to torture by Chihaya Aine the next day.

"What is this?"

Wakaba Mutsu held up what she had just secretly taken from Kusano Akira to show him—a soft, pink strand of hair, still fluttering in the wind.

"This? Did you take this from me?"

Kusano Akima never expected to see Chihaya Aine's hair in Wakaba Mutsu's hands.

But after thinking about it carefully, he understood what was going on.

He spent the whole day sharing the same set of books with Chihaya Aine, and during lunch break she even gave him a hard chokehold, so it's normal that he got her hair on him.

Ruoye Muku probably took it off because she was curious about the hair on him that was a different color from his own.

 哵瞴/∴娸镏3》栮日更《+: “Hmm, I took it from you.”

Seeing that Kusano Akira seemed to want to take the hair, Wakaba Mutsu handed it to him and nodded in agreement.

"I guess my friend accidentally brushed against me. I didn't bring my textbook today, and we've been sharing the same set of textbooks."

When Wakaba Mutsu heard Kusano Akira address his friend, her delicate nose furrowed slightly.

"Her? Your friend is a girl?"

His tone carried an indescribable awkwardness, and Wakaba Mutsu's gaze toward Kusano Akira carried a hint of danger.

"Yes, girls."

When Kusano Akira heard Wakaba Mutsu's slightly off tone, he turned his head to look at Wakaba Mutsu directly, forcing a cheerful smile on his lips.

"After all, Yuqiu was an all-girls school a few years ago, and I was only a fourth-year male student. It's normal that I couldn't find any boys to play with."

Even though he attended schools with a normal male-to-female ratio, he still couldn't find any playmates.

Moreover, he couldn't fit in at all with the group of boys in high school. He couldn't keep up with their way of thinking and chatting, and could only awkwardly laugh along. Before long, they all stopped including him in their group.

After saying this to Wakaba Mutsu, Kusano Akira muttered a curse to himself in his heart.

汣∮~死《|杷贰柶_糁琳焐仲�qun:“…”

"Oh."

"And this one?"

Wakaba Mutsu then took out a strand of hair with a familiar blue color.

"Hmm, what's this one?"

"Oh, I remember now, this belongs to Toyokawa-kun."

Kusano Akira was initially puzzled when he saw the sky-blue hair, but he immediately remembered what happened in the infirmary that morning and exclaimed in realization.

"Xiang's?"

"Yes, it's hers."

"I bumped into Toyokawa several times today, so maybe that's when it got on me."

"What exactly happened?"

Wakaba Mutsumi turned his body away from facing the school and stared directly at Kusano Akira.

Although she is petite, perhaps because of the inhuman feeling emanating from Wakaba Mutsu, she exudes an unexpected pressure when she looks at someone with her calm eyes.

Nothing happened.

Kusano Akira chuckled, trying to muddy the waters and let the matter drop.

Just kidding. If Wakaba Mutsu really knew that Toyokawa Shoko had been crying in his arms for a while, given her unpredictable personality, she would definitely give Kusano Akira a full-on beating.

Although he did not explicitly show violent tendencies like Takamatsu Akira, Kusano Akira had no doubt that Wakaba Mutsumi was capable of doing it.

Even without violence, Wakaba Mutsu would definitely have deliberately said things like "let's break up" to mess with Kusano Akira's mindset, just like he did this morning.

However, when this matter was mentioned, Kusano Akira thought of his deductions and speculations about his position in Wakaba Mutsumi's heart today.

If he truly holds a place in Wakaba Mutsu's heart, then it means she really couldn't possibly part ways with Kusano Akira; she was merely using this excuse to try and manipulate him.

Commonly known as "talking nonsense".

If Wakaba Mutsu really was just talking nonsense, Kusano Akira felt he had to get revenge for making him so upset this morning.

Let's find an opportunity to use Wakaba Mutsumi's spell to turn the tables on him.

"Say it."

If Ye Mu took a step forward, grabbed Kusano Akira's sleeve, who was startled by her aura and retreated, climbed up the sleeve, grabbed Kusano Akira's forearm, and squeezed it hard.

Click.

Seeing Kusano Akira's face, which was clearly in excruciating pain but was trying to remain calm, Wakaba Mutsu blushed slightly and moved her legs closer together.

Doing this was even more enjoyable than she had imagined; it wasn't just a matter of feeling good.

"Really, it's nothing."

Kusano Akira's voice was already trembling, but in order to maintain his composure, he clenched the flesh inside his mouth with his teeth.

Damn it, what happened to the supposedly large difference in individual strength between men and women? It is indeed large, but isn't the object of that difference a bit off? This isn't what he was looking for.

Kusano Akira could almost hear his bones creaking.

Kusano Akira recalled that when he first met Wakaba Mutsumi, she looked at him with wariness and fear. Now, he just wanted to say that Wakaba Mutsumi was just an actress.

With that kind of strength, she'd be at least the final boss level on the set of "A Thousand Gold for One Victory." What pervert would dare to lay a hand on her? They'd probably be punched to pieces before they even had a chance to make a move.

"Go ahead and tell me, then I won't pinch you anymore."

Ruoye Mu then moved her hand upwards, from her forearm to her upper arm.

Although she was a little confused, she still knew she couldn't really hurt Kusano Akira, so she thoughtfully changed the location of the impact.

It's just that this time I used more force than before.

Seeing Kusano Akira even stagger a couple of times, but still forcibly control his expression, even secretly pinching his thigh to maintain his composure, Wakaba Mutsu swallowed hard, his previously calm tone now showing a hint of unease.

"Tell me, and I won't pinch you anymore."

Believe it or not, she wanted to keep pinching him.

Completely unaware that she had already forgotten about her childhood sweetheart, Ruo Ye Mu became increasingly excited, her originally elegant face covered with an abnormal blush.

Kusano Akira is about to collapse.

Is Wakaba Mutsu really human? Even though he was in so much pain that he could barely stand it, Wakaba Mutsu still looked relaxed.

He had no doubt that if he gave Wakaba Mutsu two solid steel pipes, she could easily crush them. And indeed, his guess was right; Wakaba Mutsu definitely had violent tendencies, just like Takamatsu Akira.

He really shouldn't judge people by their appearance anymore. He thought the two girls who were most like small animals and the most harmless were actually surprisingly aggressive. He also thought that Shiina Riki, who had the most explosive temper, was actually the gentler one.

"I, I said."

Kusano Akira finally gave in. He could feel Wakaba Mutsu looking at his neck. If he didn't give in, he might get killed in one-on-one.

But that doesn't mean he intends to tell Wakaba everything—at least he intends to gloss over the part where Toyokawa Shoko hugged him and cried.

He didn't believe that if Ye Mu was really that good, able to see through his acting once, could he possibly see through it a second or third time?

Upon hearing Kusano Akira's words, Wakaba Mutsu regretfully shifted his gaze away from Kusano Akira's neck and released his grip on Kusano Akira's upper arm.

She was just a hair's breadth away from taking action; what a pity.

"Then tell me."

"Actually, I... Ouch, ouch, ouch!!!"

Kusano Akira cleared his throat, just about to deliver his prepared remarks, when Wakaba Mutsu grabbed his arm again—this time, Wakaba Mutsu had changed his approach.

"He's lying again, he should be punished."

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